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At least 116 million U.S. adults experience chronic pain as a part of their daily lives. In fact, more adults in America are affected by chronic pain than heart disease, diabetes, and cancer combined—which is why it is sometimes referred to as the “silent epidemic.”

Each year in the United States, 1 in 8 babies is born prematurely, and those premature babies have increased risk of health problems throughout their lives. Helen Feltovich, MD, is trying to change that statistic through her research into preterm labor — studying both humans and monkeys.